Emperor Mingde suddenly suffered a stroke, and the Empress Dowager Li Concubine Hui in the palace first arrived at Chongzheng Hall. King Shou and several princes rushed over. Chu Qing and several cabinet ministers were also qualified to enter the hall. He stood behind the royal relatives with a serious expression and saw the imperial physician treat Emperor Mingde.

Stroke is not uncommon among older people, and there are also emperors with stroke disabilities in history. Emperor Mingde is nearly 50 years old. It sounds surprising at first, but it is not particularly unbelievable. Everyone can't pursue anyone, so they can only look forward to the imperial physicians' rejuvenation.

Looking at Emperor Mingde on the dragon couch with his body paralyzed and his mouth crooked eyes slanted, the Imperial Hospital Hospital envoy Master Qiu shook his head slightly, put down Emperor Mingde's hand, turned to the empress dowager and said, "Return to the empress dowager, the emperor ascended the throne and was in charge of political affairs, working day and night, and has never slacked off for more than 20 years. When the eldest princess passed away last year, the emperor was in a bad state. I advised the emperor to take a rest. However, this time the Emperor rebelled, the emperor... Fortunately, the emperor was diagnosed with timely discovery, and he had no worries about his life, but..."

"When will I still stammer," the queen mother scolded with a calm face, "Just tell me if you can cure the emperor!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the six imperial physicians, including Lord Qiu, hurriedly knelt down and looked at each other. Lord Qiu said, "I will do my best to treat the emperor, but I can't guarantee whether the emperor can recover and how far it can be restored."

How could the empress dowager be satisfied with such ambiguous perfunctory words? Just as she was about to say a few more words, Emperor Mingde suddenly started to whimper on the dragon couch, tremblingly raised his right hand, as if he was pointing at someone. The two brothers of King Shou, King Rui, stood in the direction where his finger pointed. Not far behind the two brothers were Chu Qing and other important officials.

Concubine Hui felt sorry for her husband and wanted to go over to serve him, but the empress dowager stopped with a short shout.

"My son, what do you want to say?" The empress dowager sat on the edge of the dragon couch with a sad expression. Her old hand held her son's trembling hand, leaned over and leaned over to Emperor Mingde, and listened with her ears. Everyone around her also raised their hearts, wanting to distinguish Emperor Mingde's words, especially several cabinet ministers, who vaguely guessed that the emperor was going to explain the affairs of the court.

Emperor Mingde now had almost no place to listen to his commands. He tried hard to make his voice clear, but he made a whimper.

The Queen Mother couldn't hear it clearly, but when she saw her son's mouth shape and those vague words, she understood it in her heart.

The son wanted the third grandson to temporarily manage the government affairs, rather than the youngest son Shouwang whom she valued the most.

The queen mother stared at her son's anxious and seemingly begging eyes, and suddenly she burst into tears and nodded to comfort her: "Don't be anxious, mom has heard it clearly, do you want the fourth brother to temporarily handle the government affairs, right?"

Emperor Mingde knew clearly in his mind, but he didn't know what his mother thought. He thought she didn't hear it clearly, so he was so anxious that he could not say anything more, so he only emphasized one "three".

He has no worries about his life. The prince can wait until he has raised some before he can stand up. Now he can't explain clearly, so he rushed to explain to the prince, forcing the queen who has always supported the fourth brother, and the second brother is not in the capital. The queen may do anything. The third son, King Rui, will first manage the government. It will not anger the queen, and will save the fourth brother from occupying the position and expanding his ambitions.

Emperor Mingde thought it well, but he couldn't speak clearly, and the words he said were more like four.

King Shou clenched his hand excitedly.

Chu Qing lowered his eyes behind him and looked at the imperial physician for a moment. As long as the emperor is alive and as long as the emperor can recover to the point where he can clearly express his meaning, it doesn’t matter which prince is in charge of politics now.

"Okay, OK, the imperial physician told you to recuperate calmly, not to be anxious or angry, you should rest well, the fourth brother and the ministers will take care of you, and there will be no trouble." The empress dowager patted her son's hand, not willing to look at the gradually complicated emotions in her son's eyes, turned her head and said to several ministers: "Have you heard what the emperor meant clearly?"

Although aged, his eyes are as sharp as eagles.

She is the empress dowager and the emperor's mother. The emperor's speech is vague. The one who is most qualified to explain to the emperor in this room is her. Even if Chu Qing and others disagree in their hearts, they can only respect the empress dowager's words when Emperor Mingde cannot clearly issue the word "three".

"Please take care of your illness. I will remember the emperor's daily precepts and devote all his efforts to the court. "Chu Qing led the head to kneel down, and the other three knelt down almost at the same time.

They were tactful, and the Queen Mother quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and Concubine Li and King Shou were also secretly happy.

Emperor Mingde on the dragon couch heard Chu Qing's steady and powerful words, and looked at the top of the bed with his eyes fixed. When he thought of the imperial physician's advice on his rest, he no longer wasted his efforts and closed his eyes as tired. He could not move his breath, and his true energy could not recover. That would mean he would die with his eyes closed.

The big thing was settled, and the Empress Dowager ordered Chu Qing and others to step down. In front of King Shou Rui, King Li and Concubine Hui, "The emperor is seriously ill. I am old and I am powerless to take care of him personally, so I will leave Jixiang here to stare. Among the concubines, the emperor loves you two the most on weekdays. You should work harder and take the turn to serve him."

Concubine Hui cried and responded. When she reached out to wipe her tears, the veil covered the doubts in her eyes.

Concubine Li was also puzzled. In the evening, Concubine Hui took care of Emperor Mingde, so she went to Cining Palace.

"Mother, why do you still ask her to serve the emperor?" Concubine Li asked aggrievedly. Concubine Hui is younger than her and more beautiful than her. She snatched her favor as soon as she entered the palace. The only thing she is better than Concubine Hui is that she has an aunt for her support. She finally can vent her anger on serving the sick, but her aunt...

The niece was so beautiful and had no brains. The queen mother was too lazy to tell her, for fear that she would reveal traces after she knew the truth and would be suspicious, so she scolded unhappily: "Your Majesty is so sick, do you still have the intention to compete for favor? If you weren't my niece, just because you just said that, I would have to send you into the cold palace!"

Instead of getting the expected explanation, Concubine Li was scolded and was startled. She looked at the gloomy face of the queen mother, and she never dared to stay here again and she was left in shame.

The Queen Mother watched her leave and suddenly fell into the back.

The palace maid next to him was shocked and rushed to serve him. The empress dowager just turned dizzy and had already returned to Qingming Festival after lying down. She was not allowed to go to the imperial physician, nor did she want to listen to their longing. She waved her hand and sent people, then turned inside, lying down with a few tears falling from the corners of her eyes.

That was her own son. She could not do anything to eat the tiger. However, for the sake of her closest grandson and for the glory of her mother's family, she could not let her son recover, and could not let him hand the throne to King Ding.

So she had to arrange for Concubine Li and Hui to serve her son together.

Only let Concubine Li serve the emperor. If the emperor has something wrong, the world will immediately suspect that they have made trouble in secret. Concubine Li Hui takes turns to appear to be fair and cover up the past. Today, her son is paralyzed, so she lets King Shou manage the government first. After a while, her son cannot recover. She will then take advantage of King Ding’s return to Beijing to support King Shou ascend the throne. This is natural. When King Shou takes that position, King Ding will be too late. If he dares to be honest, he will disobey and rebel.

Hope everything goes well.

The empress dowager exhaled a long sigh, and the old and turbid eyes gradually returned to peace.

~

Gu family.

The emperor suffered a stroke and Gu Heng also entered the palace. When King Ding and others left the palace, he returned to the mansion.

"What's the situation with the emperor?" Old Mrs. Gu asked anxiously, and Gu Heng's mother, Dong, was also worried and looked at her son nervously.

Gu Heng explained briefly.

Old Mrs. Gu looked at her grandson and thoughts changed. King Ding was not in the capital, the emperor was paralyzed in bed, the empress dowager in the palace was the best, the empress dowager was the king of Shou and the Gu family was also from their Gu family...

Dong's mother-in-law didn't think as much as her mother-in-law thought. She looked at her daughter-in-law's yard and sighed, "Don't let Xianxian know about this. That child can't stand any blow anymore." While saying that, she wiped her tears. Meng Xianxian was a good daughter-in-law. Seeing her losing weight day by day, Dong really felt distressed.

Gu Heng nodded. The situation in Beijing suddenly changed. He had many things to reconsider, so he said goodbye to his family and went to the study.

When night fell, he went to have dinner with his wife and children. After the meal, the children left with the wet nurse, and Gu Heng took care of his wife to wash.

Meng Xianxian knew that there was not much time left, so she cherished the opportunity to be with her husband. She looked at him intently and soon discovered the sad face on the man's face. She couldn't help but say nervously: "Zi Yan is frowning. Could something have happened?"

Gu Heng looked at her as if he suddenly came back to his senses, and then smiled unnaturally, "It's okay, don't think too much."

He saw that he was lying. Meng Xianxian thought that her good sister had died before and her husband had hidden her for a long time. This time, something happened to someone she valued. She immediately became anxious, "Ziyan, what's wrong? Tell me quickly, if you don't tell me, I feel uncomfortable if I don't say it, I..."

As soon as she was anxious, Meng Xianxian suddenly coughed and held a handkerchief to cover her mouth. She coughed so hard, but her face was as white as paper.

Gu Heng looked at his wife in front of him with a complicated expression, who was like a candle in the wind.

After sleeping in the same bed for so many years, he could not have no feelings for her, but he even gave up on his own sister in order to avenge him. Meng Xianxian, a person who has never lived for a long time...

King Ding was far away in Fujian, and the emperor was sick and fell like a mountain. This was beneficial to King Shou who stayed in the capital, but there was a risk during the period when major events were not settled for a day. When he surrendered to him, King Shou would remember his love and wait until King Shou ascended the throne before surrendering to him. There was no meaning, and King Shou would not value him. But he went out to do anything at this time and saw anyone following him. If he wanted to see King Shou, there was only one way.

Gu Heng clenched his hands, shook the last trace of hesitation, and hugged his wife, "The immortal promised me, don't be anxious after listening to me?"

Meng Xianxian nodded while coughing, urging him to speak quickly.
Chapter completed!